SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND SERVER PROVIDING METHOD
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1. A terminal device, comprising:
- a communication unit, configured to communicate with at least one service server to receive an indication of at least one application available for installation on the terminal device;
a display unit, configured to display an indication of the at least one application;
an input unit, configured to receive input defining a selection of a first application from the at least one application, the selection being a particular version of the first application; and
a control unit, configured to;
install the particular version of the first application on the terminal device;
automatically check, via communication with the at least one service server, whether a version of the first application that is newer than the particular version becomes available; and
notify a user via the display unit if a newer version of the first application becomes available.
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Abstract
In service providing apparatus and method, system identification data for specifying a service target device and the user of the device concerned are issued to the device concerned, and authentication processing is carried out on the basis of the system identification data to provide a service to the device concerned.
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17 Claims
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1. A terminal device, comprising:
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a communication unit, configured to communicate with at least one service server to receive an indication of at least one application available for installation on the terminal device; a display unit, configured to display an indication of the at least one application; an input unit, configured to receive input defining a selection of a first application from the at least one application, the selection being a particular version of the first application; and a control unit, configured to; install the particular version of the first application on the terminal device; automatically check, via communication with the at least one service server, whether a version of the first application that is newer than the particular version becomes available; and notify a user via the display unit if a newer version of the first application becomes available. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, performed by a terminal device, comprising acts of:
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communicating with at least one service server to receive an indication of at least one application available for installation on the terminal device; displaying an indication of the at least one application; receiving input defining a selection of a first application from the at least one application, the selection being a particular version of the first application; installing the particular version of the first application on the terminal device; automatically checking, via communication with the at least one service server, whether a version of the first application that is newer than the particular version becomes available; and notifying a user via the display unit if a newer version of the first application becomes available. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. At least one computer-readable storage device, having instructions recorded thereon which, when executed by a terminal device, perform a method comprising acts of:
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communicating with at least one service server to receive an indication of at least one application available for installation on the terminal device; displaying an indication of the at least one application; receiving input defining a selection of a first application from the at least one application, the selection being a particular version of the first application; installing the particular version of the first application on the terminal device; automatically checking, via communication with the at least one service server, whether a version of the first application that is newer than the particular version becomes available; and notifying a user via the display unit if a newer version of the first application becomes available.
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